How to achieve true success in a difficult world

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
— Matthew 16:26

We need to be constantly reevaluating what success means. Most so-called success in the world is slavery. The trappings of success often bring the opposite of success, at least in the ways most meaningful to people's lives. Beware! Success is not what you think it is. It's often a trap. You have been programmed from birth into a sick construct of competitive violence. Most success by your likely definition will lead to the destruction of your individuality and your inner-beings grand potential. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with being successful and we should have abundance and success in our lives. But, we must possess the inner maturity to handle success; individually and as a culture. Every degree of success must be paired with a degree of integrity and compassion. Success without integrity is always fleeting, or monstrous. Real success sometimes involves saying no to growth, expansion and gain. Real success often involves absorbing tremendous loss on a personal level. Real success often involves sacrifice. Real success always involves virtues such as humility, compassion, and an abiding reverence and respect for life.

Success reveals its own insignificance in a life of true meaning.

Success can be deadly, while failure feels safe. Success is a risk, and failure seems guaranteed, so failure feels less disappointing. Success is more painful than failure, because it comes with the death of anticipation and longing. The anticipation is always sweeter, than the moment what you longed for arrives. Once accomplished, success reveals its own insignificance in a life of true meaning. Success can be like building an empty castle, when all you really needed was a true home for your heart. Success itself has vanquished many noble hearts. It has turned kings of spirit into spiritual paupers. Success has led soulful masters of life's grand estate, into spiritual bankruptcy. Through blood, sweat, and tears, chasing success will exsanguinate you of the life-blood of your very soul. The false need for what is commonly seen as success, continues to rob people of the true success, with which they were born.

Success is legal heroine — it is the cocaine of the culture; an opportunity opiate.

Success is a seducer in a marketplace of pimps and whores. Success has turned an Earthly paradise, into a global brothel. Success is ambition porn, and it's addicts need no anonymity, for it is the open pornography of the culture. Success is the father of frauds, and countless bastard children of ambition's covetous wandering-eye, and capital philanderings. Success is legal heroine — it is the cocaine of the culture; an opportunity opiate. Success is a license to kill in the name of, “nothing personal, it's just business.” Success is the front-line of class warfare. Success is an object of tireless desire. We have objectified success, even more than we have objectified women. We are success prejudice, more than we are race prejudice. Success is an equal opportunity destroyer. As war often comes in the name of peace, success the destroyer, often comes in the name of creation. The devastation of success is usually unleashed through the pursuit of so-called solutions. Success is the greatest of all panaceas.

Success was never meant to be an attainment; it was meant to be a testament.

Success was never meant to be an attainment; it was meant to be a testament. Our eye on the prize has moved from freedom, to success slavery. For many, success is the end of the road, that begins with a single step. Don't trust the path success takes you on, or what it leads you to. Most success will lead you to falsity. Quit trying to be successful. Redefine success from this day forward. Put it in its place. Quit begging, groveling, manipulating, conniving, scheming, and wanting with such desperation. Don't allow success to turn you into a desperate, empty, begging fraud. Self-satisfaction and gratitude for your completeness and innate perfection, is the most mighty of all successes. Reach for success, but slap its hand when it reaches for you. Because what success wants from you, is what you want from it — everything. There will never be enough that you want from it, and that it wants from you. Successes' demands are as endless as yours. It will siphon the reservoir of your hope to the last drop. Master success today. Be its master, not its slave. Success is illusionary; an oasis in a desert, but which itself, is already in a true paradise. Success was always with you. You were born a success, and you will die a success — if you can be successful at accepting the victory of living.

Positive thinking is useful, but highly overrated.

Positive thinking is useful, but highly overrated. Being truly successful does not require winning the positivity pageant. Being unsatisfied is healthy too. My whole life is an engine of dissatisfaction. It's why I wake-up in the morning. If you are unsatisfied, moody, discontented, and the song in your heart sounds more like a long frustrated moan, it's fine — groan, grumble, sigh, even growl. But, don't forget this; you are more. Real success is found in the balance of all things. Be fair with life, inasmuch as you wish life to be fair with you. Make your contentment equal to your discontentment. Voice your praise-filled gratitude as loudly, as your shouts of foul. Pray or give thanks in your own way, as earnestly as you bemoan your woes. Savior and sigh in the bliss of affections, as gutturally as your furrowed growls. Shout glory, Hallelujah, or thank you, thank you, thank you, as fervently as your most exquisite rage.

Do it for you, but never once — for success.

Stretch your finger-tipped reach for inward success, as far and deep, as your reach outward. Ardently strive — toward yourself. Dream, reach, long, want, and hustle, but never once — for success. Do it for you. And please, do it as you. Let your success merely be a testament to a life well-lived — in the way that it must be uniquely lived for you, and only for you. Success is merely the acknowledgement of your significance. And the highest form of success, is to behold, and ever defend the significance of every person, as reverently and devoutly, as your own.

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I am always thrilled and blessed to learn from a Supernatural talented, genuine Human Being like our King Bryant McGill!! I thank you Sir for completely changing my view of Life and making me realize the incredible miracle of existence! 👑🏆🙏🌟🎸🎼❣️🌹

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So many valuable thoughts in here Bryant – thank you!

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Bryant, that rawness and truth in your writing gives me goosebumps. Thank you for this perspective and I can tell how passionate and helpful you are put in the world. Great read, I look forward to reading more articles written by you.

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I LOVE THIS ARTICLE VERY MUCH THANK YOU

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As with all Bryant’s articles, this is superb. It makes you take a sincere look at yourself and evaluate how you are living.

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I am reading Dr. Nardi’s book on “5 ways to be a health-hero.”I am using my Kindle and have only finished the first chapter but I know it is going to have a tremendous impact on my life. His theories are backed by scientific data and his own personal experiences so are therefore very credible.I fully intend to finish this book and will definitely follow his advice so that I may enjoy a healthier, happy and long life. It is a must read and is worth the very low price!

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Rereading this !
This is one to hold on to!
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When you read the truth, you know it! You feel it!

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Success means so many things to each person. My definition of success is ever changing..It used to be to maintain my family life and make sure everyone was taken care of and happy, pay bills, save money for fun stuff, holidays and future. I always had some goals, hobbies, interests…I still feel I have something left to do ..a few things are leaving me unsatisfied and I wonder if I should just count my blessings.

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I feel successful and on the right track when I am working toward a goal, not just reaching the goal itself. Like you yourself have said- quit waiting for success to come to your door. It works with success and life in general. Success is about doing the little things to get to the big things.

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All through my adolescence & early adult years, I believed that success was measured by the financial freedom that one gained through achieving as high level status in one’s career. It was because of this viewpoint that I have always felt frustrated and unhappy. Now that I am approaching midlife, my views on success have changed. I do believe that success involves finding that balance; achieving fulfillment in whatever you choose to do. For me now, it is about finding a way to positively affect other individuals’ lives. If I could find a way to do this, then I will have achieved what I believe is true success.

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Success: 🙂 I had success in life, if i’ll live 117 years, like i wish myself. If the most of these years are invested in making a better world for my children, me and those i love. If my message as a teacher arrives the children: do what you dream but without hurting other children, people or nature.
Something like that is success for me.
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Succes in this life is to live to had self realization, to see, be and to “know” your truth self and meaning in this word.

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My meaning of succes is to achieve bliss, love and wholeness trough and in your own being by not being dependent of any external facts.

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Succes in this life is to live to had self realization, to see, be and to “know” your truth self and meaning in this word.

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Hi Bryant, there are lots of interesting articles in here and this one on Success is another winner! I was struck by what you said that self satisfaction and gratitude for your completeness and innate perfection is highest form of success.
Success for me means finding fulfillment, joy and satisfaction in whatever you’re doing. It doesn’t matter how humble the endeavor is. Money, position
Title is not a benchmark for success. What matters is that you are able to fulfill your soul’s calling and express the song in your heart. For me, i just want to fulfill my heart’s desire to write. I’m planning to join some writing competitions. I would not focus on the reward of winning but instead on the pleasure of giving voice to my soul’s calling. Thank you.

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I think I need to reevaluate what I’m striving for because lately I’ve been feeling so tired physically, mentally and emotionally. Probably I need to change my definition of success.
Lots of love for you all!!!

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thakyou alots for your posts it inspire me alot i have agreat change in my view to life i appreciate people arround i look positively to life and for me successis being true with your self and with others and value our selves and life

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fdollowing your thoughts and writings lieds to many changes in my opwn personality i look differently to life ansuccess means working and go forwardswith out give uo i become an other person i appreciate life and people and i kow what ireally worth thank you aloty for inspiring me youe writings are very helpfful lots of thanks

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